Breast Cancer

• GLOBOCAN Cancer Fact Sheets:
  
  


• IARC Screening Group - Breast cancer research studies


• BReast CAncer genes IARC database

IARC Press Releases and Research Highlights

• World Cancer Day 2011: New physical activity guidance can help prevent breast, colon cancers
• Large Differences In Breast Cancer Mortality Trends Among Thirty European Countries Point To Possible Control Strategies


• Breast cancer: a role for trans fatty acids?


• Breast and colorectal cancers are associated with alcohol consumption, says IARC


• Chest X-ray exposure may increase likelihood of breast cancer among women with BRCA 1/2 mutations


• Overweight and lack of exercice linked to increased cancer risk - a growing problem


• Mammography screening can reduce deaths from breast cancer


• Smoking Cuts Breast Cancer Risk In Small Fraction of Women with Mutated Gene. Scientists Do Not Advocate Smoking, as Risks Outweigh Advantages


• Trends in breast, ovarian and cervical cancer incidence in Mumbai, India over a 30-year period, 1976-2005: an age-period-cohort analysis


• Clinical Breast Examination: Preliminary Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in India


• New breast cancer susceptibility gene found


• Methylome analysis reveals Jak-STAT pathway deregulation in putative breast cancer stem cells

IARC Publications

• Cancer Pathology and Genetics - Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs


• IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention Volume 7 - Breast Cancer Screening


• IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 91 (2007). Combined Estrogen-Progestogen Contraceptives and Combined Estrogen-Progestogen Menopausal Therapy


• European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnosis


• Current status and future directions of breast and cervical cancer prevention and early detection in Belarus